As US president Barack Obama arrived in China for US China climate talks Tibetan exiles and supporters have urged him to raise the issue of Tibet with his Chinese counterpart. Obama, the first US president to publicly announce that Tibet is part of the People’s Republic of China in 2009, has reiterated the same statement, angering supporters of independence for Tibet. We are not in favor of independence. But we did encourage Chinese authorities to take steps to preserve the unique cultural, religious and linguistic identity of the Tibetan people, Obama said Wednesday during a joint press conference in Beijing with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The President stressed that he encourages direct dialogue to resolve long-standing differences and that a dialogue that produces results would be positive for China and Tibetans, the White House said, Washington based Tibetan advocacy group, the International Campaign for Tibet, has said that Obama should reflect the sentiment and voice of the US congress and the American people who overwhelmingly support the Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama and his quest for justice for the Tibetan people.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:52:23 +0000
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